AHRC Cities of Culture Network: The Coventry Cultural Policy & Evaluation Summit

Event details

The programme will include a series of headline one-hour sessions with an invited list of exceptional presenters. Each presenter will use their knowledge and experience to bring a range of perspectives on cultural mega-events and respond to questions from the audience. Each session will be chaired by a representative from the Coventry City of Culture Leadership Programme and will be recorded and available as a free resource.

Find out more about the presenters and speakers.

• Day 1: Policy perspectives – Thursday 24th June 2021

  Time	Activity
  8.40	Summit opens
  8.45 – 9.00	Introduction to programme Cory Barrett, Creative Director & Coventry City of Culture Leadership Programme
  9.00 – 10.00	Introductions: The road ahead Laura Nyahue, Creative Director, Maokwo Arts Franco Bianchini, AHRC Centre for Cultural Value, University of Leeds Martin Sutherland, Executive Director, Coventry City of Culture Trust Martin Reeves, Chief Executive, Coventry City Council
  10.00 – 11.00	What are the opportunities for culture-led growth? Julia Goldsworthy, Director of Strategy, West Midlands Combined Authority Laura Dyer, Deputy Chief Executive Places and Engagement, Arts Council England Moira Sinclair, CEO, Paul Hamlyn Foundation
  11.30 - 12.30	What difference can a year make? Phil Batty, Head of Ceremonies, Culture and Queen’s Baton Relay Commonwealth Games 2022, Executive Director Festival*UK 2022 and formerly Director of Public Engagement Hull UKCC17 Carrie Cooke, Deputy Director, Festival, City of Culture and Major Events, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Clare Coghill, Leader Waltham Forest Borough Council
  1.00 – 2.15	How can cultural mega-events actively challenge racial inequalities? Elizabeth Lawal, Producer, Coventry City of Culture Trust Doreen Foster, CEO, Warwick Arts Centre Shanaz Gulzar, Chair, Bradford UK City of Culture 2025 Board
  2.15 - 3.15	Levelling up; how can ‘seldom heard’ communities and individuals impact on policy? Chenine Bhathena, Creative Director, Coventry City of Culture Trust Louise Yates, Director at Back to Ours, Hull Chris Rolls, Hull City of Culture 2017 & Coventry City of Culture 2021 learning consultant, 64 Million Artists
  3.30 - 4.15	Research as cultural practice; supporting communities. Jackie Hodgson, Warwick research lead, Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Warwick Emma Meehan, Cooking Connections Coventry (Coventry University) Nadine Holdsworth, Homeless Monopoly (University of Warwick) Daniele Lorenzini, Carolina Rito & Federico Testa, Life Futures (Coventry University & University of Warwick)
  4.15 - 5.00	Research as cultural practice; giving space and voice to the seldom heard Neil Forbes, Director Institute for Creative Cultures, Coventry University Rosa Cisneros, Roma Allotment (Coventry University) Saba Hussain, Call The Midwives (Coventry University) Michele Aaron, SAVI: Social Action Video Initiative (University of Warwick)

• Day 2: Evaluation in practice - Friday 25th June 2021

  Time	Activity
  8.40	Summit opens
  8.45 – 9.00	Introduction to programme and Day One recap and reflections John Knell: Summit Rapporteur
  9.00- 9.10	Cultural priorities for UKRI research Christopher Smith, Executive Chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and International Champion for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
  9.15 - 10.15	The social value turn in cultural policy-making and funding requirements Jonothan Neelands, Academic Lead for Research and Evaluation for the Coventry City of Culture Trust, (University of Warwick) Tarek Iskander, AD and CEO, Battersea Arts Centre Harman Sagger, Chief Economist, Department of Culture, Media and Sport, Chair Coventry City of Culture Technical Reference Group
  10.30-11.30	Re-balancing the social and economic value of culture Graham Russell, Amion Consultants, Economic Impact Assessment for Coventry City of Culture Mandy Barnett, Director of MBA Associates, Social Value Assessment of Coventry City of Culture Ingrid Abreu-Scherer, Civil Society Lead, What Works Centre For Wellbeing, Technical Reference Group, Coventry City of Culture
  11.30 - 12.15	Research as cultural practice; supporting public health policy Chaired by Karamjit Singh, Chair of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and Culture Growth Coventry Michael Loizou and Deborah Biggerstaff : Digital Participative Visual Arts Intervention for People with Dementia (Coventry University and University of Warwick/Warwick Medical School) Sally Pezaro and Kerry Wykes : Humans not Heros Coventry University Oliver Scott: Route 10 (Mercurial Dance)
  1.00 - 2.00	Developing place-based needs assessments to shape social and cultural policy and funding: Si Chun Lam: Senior data analyst, Insight Team Coventry City Council Mark Scott: Monitoring and Data Manager, Coventry City of Culture Trust Katy Raines: Director, Indigo Consultants
  2.00 - 2.45	Making sense of evaluation – towards a common policy Ben Walmsley: Director, AHRC Centre for Cultural Value, University of Leeds Eliza Easton: Head of Policy, Unit AHRC Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, Nesta, Coventry City of Culture Technical Reference Group
  3.00 - 4.30	Take outs and take aways – plenary discussion Chaired by: Beatriz Garcia: Associate Director, Centre for Cultural Value (University of Liverpool) Chenine Bhathena, Creative Director, Coventry City of Culture Trust John Knell, Summit Rapporteur Cory Barret, Creative Director, & City of Culture Leadership Programme Glenn Burgess, Principal Investigator, AHRC Cities of Culture Network, University of Hull Laura Nyahue, Creative Director, Maokwo Arts
  4.30 - 4.45	Closing messages

Pre and post summit events

Join postgraduate candidates and early career researchers for a pre-event networking afternoon (23rd June) and a post-event reflective morning (30th June).

Back to events